PS5C-DS3R Start up?

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Hello,

Usually my GPU fan and case fans will all spin up and then the GPU fan will slow down and be a bit quieter and then the CPU fan would kick in and the system would boot. But recently when I get home from school I go to turn it on and it all turns on fine, but the GPU fan doesn't slow down, the CPU fan doesn't start and nothing comes up on screen, my Dell screen just stays in stand by mode. I have to keep turning it on and off for a about 7 minutes to get it to boot. Im going to try clearing the CMOS but I doubt it will help :S.

Its not that old a system, I only built it on Christmas day (the system in my Sig).

Help?
Tom
 
I cleared the CMOS last night and its doing it again. If I turned it off now and waited half an hour it would do the same thing, but if I turned it off now and then turned it on again it would be fine.

Ive sent a mail to Gigabyte but their support doesn't come back from holiday until tomorrow, so they say I won't get a reply for at least two days.

Its the latest BIOS, Clear CMOS, the PSU is fine by the looks of it, everything is getting enough power and its a very popular PSU. How would I try it out? I don't have another PC I could try it in...
 
I have the same exact problem on my board. If I leave it off longer than a few hours, it'll have trouble booting up again. Usually mine will start after the second or third hard restart.

Post what Gigabyte responds, I'm curious.
 
Wonder if it is the 'cold boot' problems that was a known issue on the previous model ds3's (p965). Google it and you'll find alot of reports. Had same issue several times with my p965-ds3.

Didnt know that it was still a problem with p35

=(
 
Yeh, Ill post what I get back, but I somehow doubt it will be of any use. The earliest reply Ill get will be tomorrow.

The PSU is a Corsair HX620w PSU. Its the system in my sig.

This is a real ass pain. I may just RMA the motherboard and buy another one, just means ill have to go through MS to reactivate Windows dammit!
 
The Cold Boot issue is when the board loses its BIOS OC settings whenever you cold boot.
 
Because of the 'hang-up' on boot, if you hard-restart, the computer sometimes think it's recovering from a failed OC, so then it defaults all the BIOS values.
 
The only thig I change in the BIOS is the USB Keyboard and Mouse options, it says if you have a USB Keyboard and Mouse you should enable the two options, but I can't see why you would need to enable USB Keyboards and Mice in the BIOS?

Also, I was just looking around the BIOS and found 'Performance Enhance' which was at Turbo or something, whats this? :S

At the moment, im not overclocking anyway.


EDIT:

Got a reply from Gigabyte, seams they are going to be like Dell and walk me through about 200 different procedures first.

Hi,

Please trouble shoot one more time there are many things can cause system not boots up, here is the trouble shoot procedure :

Remove the motherboard out of the case.

Please make sure 4/8pin 12v connector and MB 20/24 pin connector are both plugged; just install cpu , video card , single stick memory ( on slot 1 which is close to cpu ) and pc speaker ,turn system on if no video display comes up check error beep code :

-one long continue beep, it means memory can't pass bios check, try re-install memory or try other brand name memory,

- 3 beeps or 2 long and 8 short beeps then 2 then 1, it means video card can't pass bios check, try re-install video card firmly or try other video card

- no beep at all, try remove the memory with out memory turn system on check if any beeping signal ,

-without memory still no beeping signal symptom tells either motherboard or cpu is defective, test cpu in other system or test with an other known good cpu to confirm defective motherboard.
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Next thing they are going to tell you is to flash your BIOS.

My boss has the same problem with his gigabyte p35 motherboard. He's sending it back to newegg for an exchange. I wonder if he'll get another board that will have the same problem. Might be a problem with lots of gigabyte motherboards? So maybe it might be better to RMA it? Dunno. We'll see what happens.
 
I flashed my BIOS to F9 about a week ago just before i mailed them, but it appears that F10 is now out, they asked me to flash to that and then re-check my memory. Im going to run Memtest tomorrow while im at school so it will get a good 7/8 hours of memtest if thats enough?

I just hope I don't have to RMA this board! If I do have to, do you think I will be able to send it back to Novatech and get my money back to get a different board? This is going to be an ass too because Vista OEM will have to be reativated :rolleyes:

If it is possible to just send my board back and get my money back then I will be going to you guys for some LGA775 socket recommendations :p
 
Right, im filling a form out to replace it for another motherboard at Novatech. I just hope its done quickly and easily because I have coursework that will be set in about a month.
 
Yeah, it's fastest to just return it to the retailer. Going through Gigabyte takes a while. RMA processes aren't usually speedy. ~_~ Good luck on your motherboard.
 
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